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Susan Bumsted, MN, RN
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Susan Bumsted, MN, RN, became the President of the Kansas State Nurses Association (KSNA) in October 2007. She will serve a two-year term through October 2009 with an additional year as Past President.
Bumsted attended Wichita State University (Kansas) and received a BSN in 1981. She completed a master’s degree in Mental Health Nursing and Gerontological Nursing at Wichita State University in 1986.
Bumsted’s nursing career has included a wide variety of professional roles, including serving on the nursing faculty at Southwestern College in Winfield from 1987 to 2007. Before that she worked at Kansas Newman University. Currently she is the Associate Executive Director of Rehabilitation Services at Breakthrough Club in Wichita. Bumsted previously served as the Director of Community Services, Wellness Grant Coordinator, and Utilization Review Consultant for Wichita’s Breakthrough Club.
She has been an active member of KSNA serving as Vice-President, Chair of the Bylaws and Program Committees and Treasurer of KSNA District 6-Wichita. She is the past Secretary of the KSNA Board of Directors (2001-2007), State Legislative Chair, past KSNA-KANS consultant (1999-2001), and has been a registered lobbyist for KSNA. She has also served as an ANA delegate and on the Reference Committee for ANA. Bumsted holds membership in Sigma Theta Tau International the Epsilon Gamma Chapter at large. She also holds membership in the Mental Health Association of Kansas and Sedgwick County, and serves with the Wichita Visioneering Health Care Alliance, and Health and Wellness Coalition.
Susan Bumsted may be contacted as follows:
1821 Northwest Parkway
Wichita, KS 67212
Cell: 316-516-6325
Work: 316-685-5264
Fax: 316-689-5115
E-mail: slbumsted@cox.net
KSNA President Job Description
The President is the chief elected officer of the Kansas State Nurses' Association and as such represents the membership. In addition, the President is the elected leader of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the Membership. This individual provides the vital link between leaders and policy makers within the association and those throughout the health care field.
The role of the President, therefore, clearly differs from that of the Executive Director who is employed by and accountable to the Board of Directors, managing organizational headquarters and working primarily with staff. The roles are complementary in advancing the purposes and functions of the association, but they are mutually exclusive in terms of primary responsibility and accountability.
Duties, Responsibilities, and Authority Within the limits of KSNA bylaws and policies, the President has the responsibility and the authority to accomplish the duties set forth below.
- Serves as presiding officer for the Convention body, meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.
- Serves as ex-officio member of all standing committees with the exception of the Nominating Committee.
- Serves as delegate-at-large to ANA House of Delegates.
- Serves as the representative of KSNA to the ANA Constituent Assembly.
- Offers guidance and counsel to the Executive Director.
- Reports to the membership at the Annual Convention and at other appropriate times, such as the President's Message column of The Kansas Nurse.
- Submit a President's Report at each Board meeting and a written annual report to the entire membership.
- Prepares agendas for the Convention and Board of Directors meetings in cooperation with the Executive Director.
- Represents the Kansas State Nurses Association as official spokesperson on matters of policy, as provided in the bylaws of the association and within the confines of the policies established by the Board of Directors. Uses discretionary power to assign responsibility for such representation as necessary.
- Accepts the role of public relations ambassador for the nursing profession in Kansas. Represents and speaks for the profession with allied health organizations, other nursing groups, legislative and governmental bodies, and the public.
- Offers guidance and consultation to elected and appointed officials of the association, constituents, and membership as required.
- Prepares a performance evaluation of the Executive Director at least annually with contributions from the Board of Directors.
- Orients the President-Elect to the role and responsibilities of the President ensuring an orderly transition at the completion of the term of office through an ongoing communication process.
- Reviews and updates the purposes and goals of the Association in collaboration with the Board of Directors.
- Plans and organizes the Board orientation to be held annually.
- Calls emergency meetings of the Executive Committee and/or Board of Directors, if needed.
- Replaces any member holding an appointed position who has not fulfilled the duties of that position, and/or has not acted in accordance with the Bylaws; such action shall have approval of the Board of Directors.
In addition, to these specific responsibilities, the KSNA President assumes
all duties, responsibilities and authority within the scope of responsibility
of the KSNA Board of Directors members.
Mission Statement
The Kansas State Nurses Association is the professional organization of registered nurses in Kansas. The mission of the organization is to promote professional nursing, to provide a unified voice for nursing in Kansas and to advocate for the health and well-being of all people.
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